The official Transformers Hall of Fame was created by Hasbro to honor the most distinguished people behind the Transformers toy and entertainment franchise, along with some of the more popular Transformers characters. The Hall of Fame contains 32 characters and 22 humans as of April 2022.
Selection process Each year, Hasbro selects which individuals will be inducted into the human portion of the Hall of Fame. Hasbro also selects certain characters which it feels are deserving of enshrining in the Transformers portion of the Hall of Fame. For the purposes of the Hall of Fame, characters are not differentiated between the different continuities. Character biographies tend to reflect the characters as they are represented in Hasbro's current unified continuity.
Hasbro solicits additional nominations from various Transformers fan sites for the Fans' Choice Inductee. The top five nominees are eligible for election to the Hall of Fame, and voting takes place in April on the official Transformers website. The winner is announced at the Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony.
Induction ceremony The Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony occurs each year at BotCon, the official Transformers fan convention. The event is semi-formal, with inductees and presenters in formal attire, with attendees in business casual attire. In 2010, the ceremony was a dinner held at the Walt Disney World Swan and Dolphin Resorts and Convention Center in Lake Buena Vista, Florida. The 2011 ceremony was held at the Pasadena Convention Center in Pasadena, California.
Each human inductee is awarded a trophy, depicting Optimus Prime holding up the Matrix of Leadership, and is allowed to make an acceptance speech. Each character inducted, and each Fans' Choice finalist, is honored with a music video. (Erector was honored with a mockumentary, rather than a music video.) The Fans' Choice Inductee is revealed with a music video set to "The Touch."
Inductees
Human inductees Inductee Class Contribution Budiansky, BobBob Budiansky 2010 Writer of the original Marvel Transformers comics and most of the Generation One character profiles. Cullen, PeterPeter Cullen Long-serving voice actor of Optimus Prime in several incarnations of the franchise, most notably The Transformers, Transformers Prime, and the film franchise. Ono, KojinKōjin Ōno Designer of first Transformers toys. Yoke, HideakiHideaki Yoke Takara's lead designer of Transformers. Bay, MichaelMichael Bay 2011 Director of the first five Transformers live-action films. Spielberg, StevenSteven Spielberg Executive Producer of the live-action films. Furman, SimonSimon Furman 2012 Writer of a multitude of Transformers comics. Latta, ChrisChris Latta Voice actor for Starscream, Wheeljack, and Sparkplug Witwicky in The Transformers. Bush, StanStan Bush 2014 Songwriter and vocalist of several songs from The Transformers: The Movie. Welker, FrankFrank Welker 2015 Voice actor for several characters, most notably Megatron and Soundwave in The Transformers, Transformers Prime, and the film franchise. Dicola, VinceVince DiCola Composer of The Transformers: The Movie. Kaye, DavidDavid Kaye 2016 Voice actor for several characters, most notably Megatron in Beast Wars, Beast Machines, and the Unicron Trilogy and Optimus Prime in Transformers Animated. Nelson, JuddJudd Nelson Voice actor for Hot Rod in The Transformers: The Movie. Yankovic, Al"Weird Al" Yankovic Songwriter of Dare to Be Stupid, featured on the soundtrack of The Transformers: The MovieVoice actor for Wreck-Gar in Transformers Animated. Blu, SusanSusan Blu 2017 Voice actor for Arcee in The Transformers and Transformers Animated.Voice director for Beast Wars, Beast Machines, Transformers Animated and Transformers Prime. di Bonaventura, LorenzoLorenzo di Bonaventura Producer of the live-action films. Barber, JohnJohn Barber 2018 Editor in Chief of IDW Publishing.Writer of a multitude of Transformers comics published by IDW. Dille, FlintFlint Dille 2019 Story editor and scriptwriter for The Transformers. Kunihiro, TakashiTakashi Kunihiro Takara Transformers toy designer. Berger, GreggGregg Berger 2020 Voice actor for several characters, most notably Grimlock in The Transformers and subsequent media. Moschitta Jr., JohnJohn Moschitta Jr. 2021 Voice actor for Blurr in The Transformers and Transformers Animated. Guidi, GuidoGuido Guidi Transformers comic artist for Dreamwave Productions and IDW Publishing. Orenstein, HenryHenry Orenstein 2022 Helped to bring the original toys to Hasbro in America over from Takara in Japan. Ejima, TakioTakio Ejima 2023 Designed several Transformers toys. Matere, Marcelo Marcelo Matere 2025 Character designer & concept artist.
Character inductees Inductee Class Continuity Optimus PrimeOptimus Prime 2010 Multiple BumblebeeBumblebee MegatronMegatron StarscreamStarscream DinobotDinobot Beast Wars SoundwaveSoundwave 2011 Multiple IronhideIronhide RatchetRatchet WaspinatorWaspinator GrimlockGrimlock 2012 JazzJazz ShockwaveShockwave WheeljackWheeljack Beast Wars MegatronBeast Wars Megatron 2013 Beast Wars/Beast Machines Ultra MagnusUltra Magnus Multiple ArceeArcee 2014 RodimusRodimus Prime ProwlProwl 2015 PredakingPredaking CosmosCosmos 2016 Optimus PrimalOptimus Primal Beast Wars/Beast Machines GalvatronGalvatron 2017 Multiple BarricadeBarricade Movieverse TrypticonTrypticon Multiple BlackarachniaBlackarachnia 2018 BattletrapBattletrap Generation One SkywarpSkywarp 2019 Multiple Omega SupremeOmega Supreme Knock OutKnock Out 2020 Prime Sky LynxSky Lynx Generation One InfernoInferno 2021 Beast Wars TigatronTigatron LugnutLugnut 2022 Multiple MotormasterMotormaster Generation One Sky-ByteSky-Byte 2023 Multiple Optimus PrimeOptimus Prime Unicron Trilogy
Fans' choice finalists
2010 Inductee Continuity DinobotDinobot Beast Wars GrimlockGrimlock Multiple JazzJazz ShockwaveShockwave SoundwaveSoundwave
2011 Inductee Continuity WaspinatorWaspinator Multiple ErectorErector Generation 1 GrimlockGrimlock Multiple JazzJazz ShockwaveShockwave
2012 Inductee Continuity WheeljackWheeljack Multiple ArceeArcee Multiple Beast Wars MegatronBeast Wars Megatron Beast Wars/Beast Machines RodimusRodimus Multiple Sky-ByteSky-Byte
2013 Inductee Continuity ProwlProwl Multiple ArceeArcee Beast Wars MegatronBeast Wars Megatron Beast Wars/Beast Machines RodimusRodimus Multiple Ultra MagnusUltra Magnus Multiple
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